Pokémon-specific weakness guide

Budew Weaknesses and Counters

This guide explains Budew's defensive profile, including every weakness, resistance, immunity, and practical counter type based on its Grass / Poison typing.

Grass Poison

Budew

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Weaknesses (4)

Fire×2 Ice×2 Flying×2 Psychic×2

Resistances (5)

Grass×0.25 Water×0.5 Electric×0.5 Fighting×0.5 Fairy×0.5

Immunities (0)

None

Battle notes

Budew's Grass / Poison typing is best attacked with Fire (2x), Ice (2x), Flying (2x). Start with those attacking types when choosing moves or counter Pokémon.
Avoid relying on common Grass, Water, Electric attacks unless they have unusually high power or a secondary purpose, because Budew resists or ignores those matchups.
This guide uses the modern Gen 6+ type chart only. Abilities, held items, Terastallization, weather, fields, and special move rules can still change real battle outcomes.

Best counter types

These attacking types hit the defender for super-effective damage under the modern Gen 6+ type chart.

Fire×2 Ice×2 Flying×2 Psychic×2

Example Pokémon with Effective Types

These are examples of Pokémon associated with super-effective attacking types, not a ranked competitive counter list.

Defensive typing summary

Budew's base defensive typing is Grass / Poison. The weakness chart multiplies both types when a Pokémon has two types, so a matchup can become 4x, 2x, 1x, 0.5x, 0.25x, or 0x.

FAQ

What is Budew weak to?

Budew is weak to Fire (2x), Ice (2x), Flying (2x), Psychic (2x).

Which attacking types are most practical against Budew?

Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic are tied as the strongest attacking types against Budew, each dealing 2x damage.

Does Budew's ability change these weaknesses?

This page uses base defensive typing only. Abilities, held items, Terastallization, weather, fields, and special move rules can change actual battle outcomes.